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Debate between Adrian Sanders and Maria Miller(11 years, 7 months ago)
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Maria Miller
The hon. Lady is absolutely right. Many of our cultural institutions are going abroad to present a positive image of this country’s cultural and arts sector to potential visitors, but it is campaigns such as the GREAT campaign that can pinpoint cultural assets which reside not only in the south-east and around our capital city but throughout the United Kingdom, and can encourage more people to enjoy more of our great country.
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay) (LD)
15. Given that transport links are one of the Government’s priorities for tourism, what discussions is the Secretary of State having with those in other Departments about improving, in particular, rail links to our major tourism hotspots?
Maria Miller
I know that the hon. Gentleman takes a keen interest in this subject. As he knows, we have launched an extensive programme to establish how we can improve not just rail links but other transport links throughout the country, and tourism has to be at the heart of those discussions because of its important role in the UK economy.
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Debate between Adrian Sanders and Maria Miller(13 years, 8 months ago)
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Maria Miller
The provision in the Bill is intended to ensure that there are no overlapping payments for anyone who is receiving other forms of Government money. That is very straightforward. As I told the hon. Member for Halifax (Mrs Riordan), the purpose of the review is to ensure that the most vulnerable members of our community are given the support that they need, and that the current confusion ends.
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay) (LD)
4. Whether he plans to review the timetable for the raising of the state pension age for women born between December 1953 and October 1954.